Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, Dec 1: An inquiry into the suspected malware attack at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has been started by a special cell of the Delhi police.
Official sources claim that a team from the Central Forensic Lab (CFSL) has been sent in to examine the AIIMS Delhi server that has been attacked in order to determine where the malware attack originated.
CFSL Ahmadabad and Delhi’s joint team is attempting to determine whether the attack originated from abroad.
The Cyber Prevention Awareness Detection (CyPAD) unit of the Delhi Police, now known as the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit, has also started a parallel investigation, according to IFSO sources.
Multiple departments of the Union Home Ministry and IT Ministry are reportedly working in the correction and restoration of servers affected by the suspected malware attack, according to official sources.
According to the sources, the Delhi Police has launched a formal investigation to determine how the servers at AIIMS Delhi were compromised, and a team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also visited the hospital and joined the investigation.
On November 23, the AIIMS Delhi reported a server failure, and the servers have been inoperable ever since. Due to the alleged cyber security breach, two of the analysts assigned to monitor the servers’ security have also been suspended.
